New York City has partnered with Google to utilize Google Maps and Google Earth to help visitors navigate around the city’s five boroughs.
The city has launched a really attractive website, NYC Go, that “uses Google Maps to help you plan your New York experience and find hotels, restaurants and entertainment, in addition to exclusive citywide savings and promotions…..you can use Google Maps to get directions to attractions throughout the City, and even send the info to your phone with Google Maps for mobile,” says New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg in a blog post.
The city has also opened the Official New York City Information Center in the Big Apple. The interactive info center has interactive map tables built on the Google Maps API for Flash, that let visitors “navigate venues and attractions as well as create personalized itineraries, which can be printed, emailed or sent to mobile devices.”
The center also had a giant 3D wall powered by Google Earth with which itineraries can be mapped out. Check out the cool video below for more info, or pop by if you’re in New York City.